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The Believer - Interview with David Simon

Another nugget from the Believer archives - Nick Hornby speaks with the creator of the greatest television series ever made.

Vote Luther Campbell for Mayor

Not the most in-depth look at Luke’s run for mayor, but I do rate “nocturnal campaign rally” as one of the better euphemisms you’ll come across.

Grantland Preview Articles

If like me, you enjoy long form journalism about sports and pop culture, you should be hanging out for the launch of Grantland - the new website from ESPN’s Bill Simmons - also featuring the work of Chuck Klosterman and various indie blog luminaries.

They’ve got a preview site up now with a couple of articles from Molly Lambert (summer movies*) and Katie Baker (trials of following the NY Knicks) that I really enjoyed.

*There’s a superb Rocco Siffredi reference in there which bodes well if anyone else was worried about corporate intervention from the worldwide leader…

One-Man Show

How Louis C.K. got his “Louis C.K. deal” to make “Louie”.

Welcome to the Far Eastern Conference

Wells Tower on Stephon Marbury’s misadventures in China.

David Simon - The Straight Dope

“David Simon would be happy to find out that The Wire was hyperbolic and ridiculous, and that the “American Century” is still to come. But he’s not betting on it.”

The Stoner Arms Dealers

Dude, where’s my war?

The Quintessentially Victorian Vision of Ogden’s “The Wire”

Amazing. And spoiler alert: if you haven’t seen The Wire yet you’re a dick.

David Foster Wallace Roundup

Lots of DFW news at the moment with publication of The Pale King only a month away:

Shots of the UK cover are now up on facebook, to go with the earlier US version.

The “Endnotes” radio documentary from the BBC was briefly uploaded to vimeo (grab it here), highly recommended.

Backbone has been published in the New Yorker

And last but certainly least The Observer have a somewhat misguided article about the posthumous DFW “industry”. Worth reading this response alongside.

Latter Day Saints

On the new musical about Mormons from the South Park guys. I’m pretty upset that the author doesn’t think I’ve seen Orgazmo.